Printing device



April 7, 1925.

' J. E. JOHNSON PRINTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 20, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. E. JOHNSON PRINTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 20, 1923 April 7, 1925.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 2 v I I, A 70 7 L 76 in: Z/ we7zi0r: f m W Patented 'Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN'OR TO THE SPEEDAUMATIC GOM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORIBORATION OF DELAWARE.

PRINTING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Printing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear,- concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to printing devices and more particularly to that type of device used for stamping one or more cards with an address or other information.

A particular object of this invention is to provide a device of the character above indicated, into which address plates or mats, such as used in addressing machines, may be separately inserted and tested by stamping a proof copy and in which such address plates or mats can be used for conveniently stamping manually a comparatively large number of cards, or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a manually operated printing device of the above indicated character of few parts of simpleconstruction and which is convenient in use.

Further objects will appear upon reference to the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which'.

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the device of ig- Fig. 3 isa plan view in which certain' parts are broken away for clearness of illustration; p

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view substantially on the line H of Fig. 3;

' Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View at the line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view at the line 66 of Fig; 5;

' Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77 of Fig. 1; a

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the ribbon guiding bracket and the card retaining clamp; and,

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the card guiding members.

' The invention, as shown in'the drawings, comprises in a general way a base or frame member 10, upon which is mounted a stamping arm 11, which may carry an ad dress plate 12 orsimilar'plate havin the desired characters thereon, and a ri bon guiding and clamp supporting arm 13.

The stamping arm 11 is pivoted to the base member 10 by means of a pin 14 supported in lugs 15 and 16 formed at one end of the base 10. The arm 11 is provided at its upper end with a knob portion or handle 17, by which the arm is depressed for the operation of the device.

The address plate 12 is retained upon a vclamping block 18 by means of spring clips 19 and 2,0, fastened by screws to op osite sides of the clamping block 18. The 0 amping block 18 is removably attached to the arm 11 by screws 21. The lower .face of the clamping block 18 is formed, with a contour intended to fit approximately the particular type of address plate 12, which is desired to be used in the device. It .will be noted that the upper face of the clamping block 18 is provided with a flat surface 22 which is clamped against a similar surface 23 upon the arm 11 at this point. These abutting flat surfaces are accurately formed to insure the proper alignment of the address plate 12 with the card holding support upon the base 10, when the device is operated.

The arm 11 isheld in the upwardly inclined or inoperative position shown by means of a coil spring24, which is connected at one end to adownwardly extending lug 25 upon the arm 11 and at the other end to a peg 26 fixed in the under side of the base member 10. The upward swinging movement of the 1 arm 11 is limited by a back stop 27 formed upon the arm adjacent its pivoting point.

The lug 25 has a slot 25 at its lower end in order to provide for engagement with a link 28. The link 28 is for the purpose of operating the arm 13. The lug 25 is pro vided with a pin 29, which is embraced by a slotted end 30 of the link 28, the same pin 29 also being extended to serve to connect the spring 24 to the lug 25 (Fig. 2).

The arm 13" is pivoted to the base 10 at 13 and is provided with a downwardly extending lug 31, which is pivotally connected by a the link 28.

At the upper end of the arm 13, a ribbon pin 32 with theupper end of spectively.

' desired to wind the ribbon, and is retained in the desired position by a coil spring 42, which has one end attached to a struck-up lug 43 upon the pawl arm and the other end attached to a peg 44 fixed upon the base member 10. It will be noted that the coil spring '42 also performs the further function of drawing downwardly the'link 28 and the connected arm 13 at such times as the stampingarm 11 is lowered.

An inking ribbon 45 extends from the spools 36 and 37 upwardly through open ings 46 and 47 in the base member 10 and over slotted arm portions 48 and 49 of the ribbon supporting bracket 33.

The base member 10 is provided. with a platen 50 upon which the card orother work on which printing is to be done, is placed. The platen 50 may be removably positioned in a slot 51 formed in the base member. A card when placed upon the platen 50 may be longitudinally positioned in the proper place by means of a guide 52 which comprises a curved wire having one end pivoted in a lug 53, formed upon the base member 10 and having its other end positioned in a curved slot 54, formed in the face of the base member. .The card is placed against a vertical portion 55 of the rod 52,

the rod having been clamped .in the desired position by a thumb screw 56. The card or other work will be prevented from sliding under the end of the vertical portion 55 because of the fact that this end is inserted in the slot 54. a

'- The proper transverse adjustment or positi on of the card may be obtained by the use of guides 57 and: 58, which are adjustably mounted 1n slots 59 and 60, respectively, on

.the base member and are retained in the desired position by thumb screws 61 and 62 passing through slots 63 and 64, formed in the guide members 57 and 58, respectively.

The construction of one of the two simil-ar ribbon spools 36 and 37 is shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6 and comprises a cylindrical hollow core member 65, upon which theribbon 45is wound. The ribbon 45 is secured in any suitable manner as by pasting to the core member 65, which in turn is mounted upon a ratchet hub 66 through which passes a spool shaft 67 A spring 68 presses the ratchet hub 66 and the core member against a spacing sleeve 69 and a cross pin 70, which fits into suitable notches in the hub 66 and the core 65. The spacing sleeve 69 is retained in position by a clip 71, pivotally secured by the screw 72- to the side of the base member 10, as shown in Fig.6. The ribbon 45 is retained upon the core 65 between the ratchet members 38 or 39 and a disc 7 3 formed integral with a hub portion 74 surrounding the spacing sleeve 69. Each of the ribbon spools is mounted upon suitable lugs formed integral with the lower side of the base member 10, as shown.

The ratchets 38 and 39 are kept from comprising spring members attached to the base by screws 77 and 78, respectively. The spool shafts 67 may be provided with knobs 79 which may be used for manually winding the desired amount of ribbon upon the spools.

In the operation of the device, the desired address plate may be slid end-wise etween the spring clamps 19 and 20 and the card which is to be printed is placed upon the platenl50 with its edges in contact with the guides 52, 57 and 58.

The arm 11 is depressed by the knob or handle 17 and as the address plate 12 approaches the arm 13, this arm and the bracket 33 and clamp 34 are lowered into operating position by the force of the coil spring 42. As the arm 13 is lowered, the guides 57 and 58 are pressed downwardly and at the same time their function isreplaced by the clamping member 34, which comes into contact with the outer border of the card and securely holds it in position upon the platen 50 while the address plate 12 contacts with the inking ribbon 45 and thus prints the desired characters-upon the card. When'the knob 17 is released, the

coil spring 24 restores the parts to their morm-al position, as shown. As the link 28 is forced into its normal position, the pawl arm 40 engages one or the" other of the If it is desired to replace a worn-out ribbon, the ribbon spools may be removedand completely disassembled by' merely loosening the screws 72 and turning the clips 71, whereupon the shaft 67 and the sleeve 69 may be withdrawn leaving the spool free for removal.

I '1,5s2.ees

I desire'that my invention bebroadly interpreted and limited only by the prior art and by the scope of the appended claims.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States, is:

Y 1. In a device of the type described, a base 7 memberflfor supporting material upon which impressifiis are to be made,,adjustable means for prop ly positioning the material comprising a pivotally mounted member having a vertically disposed guide rodat its end,

said base member being provided with an arcuate slot into which said rod projects to a point \belowthe surface of said base member. I

2. In a device of the type described, an

' address plate having struck-up rib portions block removabl thereon, a clamping block having a face with a contour simulating the contourof said address plate, and flexible means for retaining said address.plate upon said face of 'said. clamping block.

3. In a device of the 'type described, a stamping 'arm, means comprisinga clamping secured to said arm for mounting an a dress plate, a face'of said clamping block'being formed with a contour slmulating the 'contouriof the particular type of address plate used, and spring clips upon 'sa'id clamping block for engaging the edges of the address plate.

--4..In a printing device, a base member, a

' ing said ink ribbon spool.

stamping arm and a card 'clampsupporting' arm plvotally mounted upon said base: member, and alink member operatively connect ing saidarmsir 5. In a device of the type described, a platen for supporting material upon which impressions are to be made, a member for clamping the material upon said platen, an

,ink ribbon guiding membersuperposed on said claming member, almovable arm upon which said members are mounted and which normally supports said members in an inactive position at a substantial distance from said platen.

6. Ina printing device, a stampingarm,- an ink ribbon spool, an inkribbon guide, a card amut supporting armtfer said guide and clamp, and a common means for operatively connecting said arms and for turn- 7. In a .device of the type platen for supporting. material upon which impressions are to bemade, a member for clamping thematerial uponsaid platen, a pivoted supporting arm for .said member, and aaguidmg means for properly positioning the material upon saidplaten, said' means being flexible and depressible when positioned the path of said arm.

described, a

. scribedmy name.

"'8. In a printing device, a stamping arm, a card clamp, a supporting arm for said clamp, and a link pivoted at one end to said clamping arm and having a pin and slot engagement with said stamping farm.

9. A stamping device for use with address plates, comprising a base member for supportlng material upon whlch impressions are to be made, a stamping arm, and means on said arm for detachably mounting an ad- .dress plate in position to impart impressions tothe material upon said base member when said arm is operated. A

10. In a stamping device for use with address plates, abase member for supporting material upon which impressions are to be made, and means located above said base member for detachably mounting an address plate and for depressing such address plate to impart an impression to 'the upper surface of the material on said base member.

11. In a stamping device for use with address plates, a base -member for supportlng material upon which impressions are to be made, a stamping arm' pivoted upon sald base member, and means upon said arm for detachably mounting an address plate, said arm together with said means and sald address plate being depressible to lmpart an impression to the upper surface of the ma'- terialonsaid base member. I

12;.In a stamping device for use wlth address plates, a base member for supporting material upon which impressions areto be made, a stamping arm pivotedupon said base member, and means upon said arm for detachably mounting an address plate, said means being fixed upon" said arm by a plurality of adjustable screws whereby the alignment of the address plate may be accurately adjusted, said arm together w1th said address plate being depressible to impart an impression to the upper surface of the material on said base member.

13 In a printing device, a base member,

by said link member and shiftable to operate either of said; spools.

-' In witness. whereof, I have hereunto sub JOHN E. oHusoNli; 

